All Occasion Vanilla Pound Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®).
• Combine sugar, butter, and shortening in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat until light yellow in color. Add eggs one at a time, mixing in each completely before adding the next. Mix in 1/3 of the flour, then 1/2 of the milk and water. Repeat with remaining flour, milk, and water, mixing completely between each addition. Add vanilla extract. Mix for 1 minute more.
• Pour batter into the prepared tube pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 1/2 hours. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Invert onto a wire rack.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 6-cup (8 1/2-by-4 1/2-inch) loaf pan; set aside.
• Using an electric mixer on high speed, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition; add vanilla and salt. With mixer on low, gradually add flour, beating just until combined (do not overmix).
• Bake until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean, about 1 hour (tent with aluminum foil if browning too quickly). Let cool in pan 15 minutes. Invert onto a wire rack, and turn upright to cool completely.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Mix sugar, butter, eggs and vanilla in large bowl.
• Beat on low to mix ingredients well.
• Beat on high for 5 minutes.
• On low, add flour and baking powder alternately with buttermilk.
• Beat well after each addition.
• Make sure you end with the dry ingredients.
• Spoon batter into greased and floured 10 inch tube pan.
• Bake for 65-75 minutes, until a pick comes out clean.
• Cool for 15 minutes; invert onto cake plate.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan. Sift together the flour and salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing just until incorporated. Beat in the vanilla and lemon extract. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 90 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®) with canola oil and dust with powdered sugar.
• Beat butter until creamy; add white sugar gradually. Add eggs one at a time, beating well. Add vanilla extract. Add cake flour and whipping cream alternately, beginning and ending with flour. Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Let cool in the pan for about 5 minutes before removing to a plate to cool completely.

Steps:

• Place a rack in center of oven and preheat to 350°F.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine flour with potato starch, vanilla powder, salt, and baking soda and whisk gently to blend.
• In another large mixing bowl, combine sour cream, heavy cream, vanilla extract, and liquors and whisk gently to combine.
• Add butter and sugar to the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with paddle attachment; slice open vanilla pod and scrape in black seeds and begin blending on low speed.
• After 2-3 minutes, add eggs and extra yolk, one at a time, waiting until each is fully incorporated before adding next egg.
• Continuing on low speed, alternately add dry and wet mixtures, little by little (move swiftly through this step to avoid overworking the batter, it should take no more than 1 minute).
• Stop mixer, scrape down sides of bowl and along bottom and mix on medium speed for 15 to 20 seconds, until batter is consistenly smooth.
• Spray a large (11 1/2 cup) Bundt pan with an oil/starch spray; fill pan three-quarters full and level it with a rubber spatula (use any leftover batter for cupcakes).
• Bake 45 minutes; test for doneness by inserting a bamboo skewer into center and removing it: when skewer shows just a touch of crumbs, remove cake from oven and cool for 5 to 10 minutes on a flat surface.
• Remove cake from pan and allow to cool completely.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar, serve with whipped cream and berries, if desired.

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a mixer fitter with a paddle attachment, beat the butter until it is smooth. With the mixer set to the lowest speed, slowly add the sugar and vanilla seeds. Beat until the mixture is pale and fluffy.
• Add the eggs to the mixer 1 at a time, scraping down the sides when necessary. Set aside.
• Whisk together the flour, cayenne, cornstarch, salt, and baking soda in large prep bowl. In another prep bowl, whisk together the sour cream, orange zest, mango puree, tequila, vanilla extract, rum, and orange oil.
• At lowest speed, in 3 to 5 additions, alternately add the flour mix and sour cream mix.
• After all of the ingredients are in the mixer bowl, stop the mixer, scrape down the sides of the bowl and mix at medium to high speed for 20 to 30 seconds.
• Spray a 9 cup bundt pan with nonstick spray with starch. Pour the batter to 3/4 of the way up the pan. Bake for about 1 hour 15 minutes. Test for doneness with wooden skewer once the top of cake doesn't jiggle. Remove the cake from the oven when the skewer comes out clean.
• Let the cake rest and cool in the pan for 15 to 20 minutes. Turn the cake onto a cooling wire rack and remove from the pan. Allow the cake to cool completely.
• Dust with confectioners' sugar and enjoy!
• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a mixer fitter with a paddle attachment, beat the butter until it is smooth. With the mixer set to the lowest speed, slowly add the sugar and vanilla seeds. Beat until the mixture is pale and fluffy.
• Add the eggs to the mixer 1 at a time, scraping down the sides when necessary. Set aside.
• Whisk together the flour, cayenne, cornstarch, salt, and baking soda in large prep bowl. In another prep bowl, whisk together the sour cream, orange zest, mango puree, tequila, vanilla extract, rum, and orange oil.
• At lowest speed, in 3 to 5 additions, alternately add the flour mix and sour cream mix.
• After all of the ingredients are in the mixer bowl, stop the mixer, scrape down the sides of the bowl and mix at medium to high speed for 20 to 30 seconds.
• Spray a 9 cup bundt pan with nonstick spray with starch. Pour the batter to 3/4 of the way up the pan. Bake for about 1 hour 15 minutes. Test for doneness with wooden skewer once the top of cake doesn't jiggle. Remove the cake from the oven when the skewer comes out clean.
• Let the cake rest and cool in the pan for 15 to 20 minutes. Turn the cake onto a cooling wire rack and remove from the pan. Allow the cake to cool completely.
• Dust with confectioners' sugar and enjoy!

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Cream sugar and butter for 3 minute or until pale and fluffy. Beat in eggs 1 at a time, and then the extracts.
• In a seprate bowl sift the remaining ingredients and slowly beat into the mix.
• Pour into a greased loaf pan, and bake until a tooth pick inserted in center comes out clean.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour 9-inch tube pan.
• In large mixing bowl, cream butter, sugar and salt. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition, stirring in a bit of the flour after the third egg. Add remaining flour, mixing until well combined.
• Scrape the insides from one inch of a vanilla bean and add along with the teaspoon of vanilla, blending well. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake 1 hour.
• Remove from oven, let cool on wire rack about 15 minutes and unmold. When cool, store covered with plastic wrap or foil. Serve with fresh raspberries or vanilla ice cream.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 F with rack in middle. Generously butter pan and dust with flour, knocking out excess.
• Whisk together flour, cardamom, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Beat together butter and granulated sugar in mixer at medium speed, scraping side of bowl occasionally, until pale and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Scrape seeds from vanilla bean with tip of paring knife into butter mixture, reserving pods for another use, and beat until combined well, about 1 minute. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, then beat in lemon juice until combined well. At low speed, add flour mixture and milk alternately in batches, beginning and ending with flour mixture, mixing until just combined.
• Spoon batter into pan, smoothing top. Gently rap pan on counter to eliminate air bubbles.
• Bake until a wooden skewer inserted into center of cake comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in pan 1 hour, then invert onto a rack and cool completely, about 1 hour more.
• For whipping cream: Beat cream with confectioners sugar and vanilla extract using whisk attachment of mixer until it just holds stiff peaks. Serve cake with whipped vanilla cream.